Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-05

ton. with newspapers, ami the telegraph
and railroads, aud the people were more
| intellectual and had more liberal ideas IL
| that was so, our higher civilization tue
press aud the Telegraph and free schools
had not done Iuuch Tor us. except TO
HELP Is HELLwARn.
Eut he argued, that such opinions were
wrong. and claimed that the power "I tue
church WAS greater to-day than ever before.
Notwithstanding this, he regretted 'HT
iact that the church had not a hrmer ho'"
upon the vouug people. There were 700
l.rr,r.. a proportion OF gTay-ha.red men anu
women IN the congregations. Inc 81"
f,lLs came themselves but Jim was ush-
/ inn, and John was hunting, and the Eai al
m. house had the baCkache from Hdal
NIGHTS dance tie plead tor return oi
| m. old family prayer meeting sort oil Ie-
H,...u ami argued that with daily prayers
and daily blessings in the nome the child
rem would keep in the right path and not
stray OF No child who had been prayed
with until il was fifteen Or sixteen, wonId
be caught playing cardsOr drinking whisky
ar moving IN bad society. This sort oil
! thing lrosef from the Indifference Of parents,
ami then. when the boy or girl were all
hut lest they came to the preacher and said
| th,v were in Trouble. The thing to do w'A
not to plead with God IN that place Int I"
PLEAD WITH THE CHILD.
We waste, he sad, about sixty per cent. OF
|nur.t,rty,r. tn God N,uety-nine per cent
! of tie time ought to be used IN pleading
with the sinner, and one per cent. III lay.
! Ing bis case before the Almighty.
Dropping religion Tor politics for mo
meut he quoted telegram from morn
ip, paper to the effect that high license
! had closed up 2OD saloons IN Pttshurg, ana
/ that all but the dreamrrS Were ga" oil IT,
..Dreamrrsg Well, if we are dreamerS,
We have very solid dream. Who dream
ed Kansas, aud Georgia, and lthode island,
and Name into prohibition. Who dream
ed' Michigan into prohibition save nut
ror fraud. Who dreamed l'O,VOu voters oil
Texas to the polls, who 'drramrd pr"hlhl-
ton a certainty in Tennessee, who dream
ed majority of the counties III many
St,tps into the same state Thanks 10 the
energy at the ministers, and the activity
of the church, the dream is coming true,
and SO surely rs slavery trembIed to lis
foundations. the two twin rulers oil the
fuuor-driukers, King Alcohol aud hIn&
GAmbriuus, are
rurTEEING ~ THEIR FALL"
Coiur back To his text, he said no man
rolId afford to have an opinion contrary
to the Judgment of God. God measured
THINGS by His standard, aud when HIS
standard WAS declared by Gods ministers, |
he who did not hear aud heed WAS asSum- /
inc "A fearful responsibility, for which an |
aver must Ice made at the day of Judgment I.
He referred to the published statement
that sam Small was To Ice the star I'll the
COMMUNICATING lie thanked them for the
commitment. but s.ud he Was not ready to |
he translated Ia the stellar regions; he was |
NOT = star. nor yet 4 comet, nor even 4 me
t,nr II ne had any light IN him it was !
because he WAS "A brand Sna,chct from the !
burning; and hts only purpose AMI amhl- |
ton was 10 throw SOME light upon Christ,
and lead some souls to seek new light
tie hoped what the preacher SAID would
b." taken ~ coming from cod, amt not
from the man. Take what the preacher
said a. comiug from heaven, and not OF
earth. Take the word
COMING FROM Guu,
and forget all ahout the speaker who
spread it broadcast.
lie closed with IN eloquent appeal that
the gospel might reach many during the
coming week aud that the invisible tahrr-
narlr of the Lord might b. erected IN the
hearts Of the people in all the country
round about hult of the stone of the holy
truth, ccmcutcd with the blood OF Calvary,
and rooted over with the thlIty.two tn"u-
sand promises OF Cod beneath which ell
might liud eternal pcac" and rest
At the conclusion Of the sermon, which
produced a very good Impression, hut
which Rev Small insisted WAS not Il ser
mon, hut "ouly rambling talk, the
choir sang the hymn Bring Them in,
led by Mr. Excel, and the meeting was
dismissed with a few remarks lay Key.
| IIite. in the course OF which he announced
the chidJru's meeting at l.%o p. M, IN
chlrsr ct Ecy. Hess.
This meeting WAS very successful one
Rev. Hess made an interesting address, ana
the singing was led 10y Mr. Woodhurn.
|At&u'ylprk Rev. Bright preached an clio
uuent and powerful address. Rev. w. W.
| King conducted splendid young peoples
meeting at / o'clock, Il large congregation
| being present.
Last night very large audience assem-
/ hIcd To listen To Rev. SmalI's second ser
|mun. lie took tor his text Watch ye,
stand fast; quit you like men: he strong; W
and from it preached a powerful and con
yincing discourse. which Ne much regret
not being able to even outline. The sing
( ing was grand, and the service was one
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